When you hit
this year’s NRA Show, scheduled for May 19-22 at Chicago’s
McCormick Place, head first for the Kitchen Innovations
Pavilion. You’ll find the 2007 KI recipients, 19 in all,
waiting for you.

Action Comax Environmental, BioX. This food waste decomposition unit uses a biological
process to break down up to 1,500 lbs./day of food waste. It
fits in a kitchen, is odorless, and produces waste that can
be flushed down the drain or used for irrigation.

Alto-Shaam, Combitherm Smoker. This new countertop piece serves as a combi oven-steamer
with a patented smoker system. Boilerless design eliminates
many of the maintenance issues associated with conventional,
boiler-based steam units.

Cleveland Range/Enodis, Convotherm 606 Mini-Combi Oven Steamer.
This one got an innovation nod at Equip’Hotel in Paris, too,
for bringing full-size-type features, plus energy and water
efficiency, to a countertop unit.

Delfield Co./Enodis, Versa Drawer. This refrigerated piece gives you four separately
controlled drawer units in one footprint so you can
refrigerate, freeze, chill and thaw.

Electrolux Professional, Tilting Pressure Braising Pan.
All the advantages of a tilting braising pan, plus
pressurization that shortens cook times by as much as half.

Hobart Corp., 3000 Series Slicer. “Select-a-stroke” lets you set stroke length, and numerous
detail refinements take sanitation and cleanability to the
next level.

Master-Bilt Products, Master Controller with Reverse Cycle Defrost.
It does what it says: The system reverses the flow of hot
gas refrigerant all the way back through the evaporator, in
effect defrosting from the inside of the coil, reducing
defrost times and in the process, cutting energy usage.

Meiko, Waste Air Heat Recovery System. This system for warewashers reclaims heat that
ordinarily would be waste and channels it to preheat
incoming rinse water. The payoff: significant energy
savings.

Pitco Frialator/Middleby, Solstice Rethermalizer.
A unique burner/baffle design is the story here, putting
more heat on target, more quickly, for faster cooking and
better energy efficiency.

Pitco Frialator/Middleby, Solstice Supreme Gas Fryer.
Like the Solstice Rethermalizer, this fryer uses a unique
burner/baffle system that eliminates the need for a blower
fan, which reduces excess airflow and greasy buildup.

San Jamar, Kleen-Brush. This clever assembly mounts a fingernail/hand brush to any
gooseneck faucet and accepts most leading brands of brushes.

Scotsman Ice Systems/Enodis, Prodigy Cube Ice Machine.
Patented mineral-sensing technology powers the WaterSense
purge control, which adjusts purge water volume based on how
much mineral residue needs to be removed.